5. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7. A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9. What profit has he that works in that in which he labors?
10. I have seen the task, which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied in it.
11. He has made every thing beautiful in its time: also he has put eternity in men's hearts, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.
12. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
14. I know that, whatsoever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.
15. That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.
16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17. I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.
18. I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.